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urd
03-29-04, 01:42 PM
in relation to size, what size enclosures are needed?
like a 1 foot boa needs blablabla space , a 2 foot needs blablabla..................and so on.

any suggestions?

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Gary D.
03-29-04, 06:52 PM
As a rule of thumb I would recommend at least a cage as long as the snake and half as wide for terrestrial snakes. Although this formula changes somewhat once you exceed 6 feet or are dealing with arboreal snakes.

C.m.pyrrhus
03-29-04, 06:53 PM
I just go with the general "2/3rds rule." If a boa is 6', give it 4' of length. So therefore a 3' boa would get 2', etc etc....

As for height, I used to go with 24" but that seemed to waist a lot of needed space so I now use only 12" in height. My depth I have currently is as 2' for all my boas. The largest is just over 6'. For substantially larger boas I would increase the depth to 3'.

urd
03-30-04, 02:26 PM
thanx all

urd
03-30-04, 02:26 PM
im building my new enclosures soon, so i just needed some rough guidelines:D